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Accommodating Victims With Mental Disabilities, Danielle Shelton Dec 2022

Accommodating Victims With Mental Disabilities, Danielle Shelton

Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)

The #MeToo movement has brought the voices of victims of sexual assault into the public’s eye and, in turn, into the legal system. As its name suggests, the movement’s strength lies in numbers—it is, after all, hard to ignore the collective voices of a group of considerable size and visibility. This Article argues that another group of victims—namely, victims who have mental disabilities— also are desperately in need of their own movement to raise public awareness and bring about reform. However, because of their cognitive and communication impairments, this group of victims is unlikely to effectuate reform itself. Instead, these …


But He Doesn't Look Retarded: Challenges To Jury Selection In The Capital Case For The Mentally Retarded Client Not Excluded After Atkins V. Virginia, Andrea Lyon Jul 2014

But He Doesn't Look Retarded: Challenges To Jury Selection In The Capital Case For The Mentally Retarded Client Not Excluded After Atkins V. Virginia, Andrea Lyon

Andrea D. Lyon

No abstract provided.


Accommodating Employees With Mental Impairments: An Empirical Study Of Employer Practices, Karen A. Patterson Mar 2011

Accommodating Employees With Mental Impairments: An Empirical Study Of Employer Practices, Karen A. Patterson

Karen A Patterson

This paper discusses ADA workplace accommodations, particularly those for individuals with mental impairments, from the perspective of employers. Respondents from fourteen companies were asked to describe the firm’s accommodation process in response to hypothetical scenarios involving possible physical and mental disability issues in the workplace. Their responses were driven more by company culture, nature of the job and work environment, and the employee’s work history than by a desire to comply with legal mandates. Moreover, accommodations were frequently granted without regard to whether individuals met the legal definition of “disabled” under the recently amended ADA. In other words, most firms …


But He Doesn't Look Retarded: Challenges To Jury Selection In The Capital Case For The Mentally Retarded Client Not Excluded After Atkins V. Virginia, Andrea Lyon Jan 2008

But He Doesn't Look Retarded: Challenges To Jury Selection In The Capital Case For The Mentally Retarded Client Not Excluded After Atkins V. Virginia, Andrea Lyon

Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Executing People With Mental Disabilities: How We Can Mitigate An Aggravating Situation, Ronald J. Tabak Jan 2006

Executing People With Mental Disabilities: How We Can Mitigate An Aggravating Situation, Ronald J. Tabak

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

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Mental Health Courts And Title Ii Of The Ada: Accessibility To State Court Systems For Individuals With Mental Disabilities And The Need For Diversion, Ronda Cress, J. Neil Grindstaff, S. Elizabeth Malloy Jan 2006

Mental Health Courts And Title Ii Of The Ada: Accessibility To State Court Systems For Individuals With Mental Disabilities And The Need For Diversion, Ronda Cress, J. Neil Grindstaff, S. Elizabeth Malloy

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.